Modelo de distribución y variación genética de especies del género Parmelina a lo largo de un gradiente altitudinal

Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Caracterización morfoestructural y molecular de las especies ibéricas de agua dulce de los géneros Chroothece y Chroodactylon

Departamento de Botánica, Universidad de Granada, España

On reproduction in red algae: futher research needed at the molecular level

[EN]Multicellular red algae (Rhodophyta) have some of the most complex life cycles known in living organisms. Economically valuable seaweeds, such as phycocolloid producers, have a triphasic (gametophyte, carposporophyte, and tetrasporophyte) life cycle, not to mention the intricate alternation of generations in the edible “sushi-alga” nori. It is a well-known fact that reproductive processes are controlled by one or more abiotic factor(s), including day length, light quality, temperature, and nutrients. Likewise, endogenous chemical factors such as plant growth regulators have been reported to affect reproductive events in some red seaweeds. Still, in the genomic era and given the high throughput techniques at our disposal, our knowledge about the endogenous molecular machinery lags far behind that of higher plants.